postman

noun

post·​man ˈpōs(t)-mən How to pronounce postman (audio)
-ˌman

Examples of postman in a Sentence

the postman comes at around nine every morning
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And when your town is so small that everyone knows everyone else – Mjällby’s head coach is a school principal and its scout is a postman – your weaknesses can become your biggest strengths. Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025 In the aftermath of his breakout performance as Bishop in the film Juice, a young Tupac Shakur was plucked by director John Singleton to star as a postman named Lucky in Poetic Justice. Jeff Pearlman, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025 Boy Scouts marched, as did fraternities, high-school classes, postmen, and newspaper columnists. Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025 The gritty period riff follows a postman (Liu Haroan) who hides Chinese soldiers and civilians while working as a photo developer during the Japanese occupation. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for postman

Word History

First Known Use

1529, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of postman was in 1529

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“Postman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postman. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.

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postman

noun
post·​man ˈpōs(t)-mən How to pronounce postman (audio)
-ˌman
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